Rand Paul Files Class Action Lawsuit Over NSA Surveillance

Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) announced that he filed a class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration over the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices.

Accompanied by Ken Cuccinelli—Virginia’s former attorney general, who will serve as lead counsel for the case—and Matt Kibbe, president of the conservative group FreedomWorks, Mr. Paul called the lawsuit an “important first step” in combatting the NSA’s practices. Mr. Paul telegraphed his intention to file a suit during an interview last month with Fox News’s Eric Bolling, saying he hoped to “protect the Fourth Amendment.”